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I paint for enjoyment. My very first painting was when i was in preschool and it was of a cat (with stick legs and a tail, but it was still a painting) and I seemed to become less and less creative as i get older. Last year (1998) I took an 8 week painting course (i missed one week so it was really 7 weeks hehe) in Kitchener, Ontario under the tutelage of Mr Harry Sreeves with my friend Tabitha. This is the last painting i have done and unfortunately the only one i have online. I haven't been positively inspired as of late, but there will be more to come i hope. i got clayton bear for my 19th birthday (believe it or not) and he is good for hugs. he is named after the suburb Clayton (since i went to Monash Uni in Clayton at the time) and i thought it suited his little features. His eyes and snout are the cutest part. He wears his scarf even in summer, but i think it's a style thing.. Compliments to clayton -=EZ=- has described me as being "like the Monet of the bear painting world!" and he didn't think it was a painting. How flattering.. :) Dave George-Cosh said "yeah..its REALLY fucking good. I'm very impressed." heheh Big God said "hey this bear painting is very realistic.. at a glance it looks like a photo. you can paint well, but the picture does nothing for me".. ah honesty. only cos i said something about his eyebrows!

For a subject at uni, I have had to learn how to use photoshop. This has been quite a fun experience - not that it's done with yet. Here is what I have done so far...

	This is the first real attempt, once I woked out how to layer stuff. It's my sister's cat Sookie...
	A pointless picture really, but I had Sookie pictures out and an evil looking pic of myself.
	A sign of boredom and hunger, but another experiment.
	An adaptation of several pictures provided in a tutorial. It's just a frog!
	A very loud picture of a young version of Chris and a raindrop background.. I think i went overboard with text/colour/everything...
	What wannabe artist doesn't have a manipulation of Brad Pitt in their collection?!
	MMMMMmmmmm vegemite and fingers. My favourite snack!